Partition root : chicken or egg?
I've found in Suse 10.0 a partition tool which can increase the size of a partition. Fine. But to increase / I must unmount it and then the partition tool will not work.
Can I change my shoes while standing in them? Can I call the partion tool from the command line after unmounting the root. Or must I install a second instance of Suse to deactivate the partition and resize it? |
Use a LiveCD, like KNOPPIX. It will provide all required tools for resizing operations without the need to mount your HDD filesystem.
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I am sure you can resize the root partition from rescue mode which you can access by booting from your installation disc.
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Well Reddazz, I already have used the installation disk once to rescue myself and there was nothing which would deal with partitioning.
I seek a software which can run from a floppy and resize the root partition, 4.3 Gigabytes. I tried Knoppix and it is from 2004 and doesn't like my graphics at all--won't even go into command line. |
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Personally I hate live-CDs and instead I always have at least two distros installed on two physically separate hard drives. This way I can easily tear apart and rebuild the other partition table from the comfort and safety of a fully functional familiar OS. |
I downloaded the newest Knoppix an hour ago but it warns me to use option -b with the cd buring application.
Well, I can only burn it on a windows machine here with nero. My linux is at 99.99% capacity as it is. No new applications in sight. With nero would the iso bring in these boot sectors the the "-b" option probably deals with? |
I don't know the -b option, but in Nero, the 'Burn ISO' or 'Burn Image' function should work without any further adjustments.
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So knoppix is rolling now, however it has no Yast, so it has no partitioning tool.
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let me get this right :
use cfdisk. Man tells me to delete then recreate and my data should be intact. It should gobble up that empty space after it as soon as I enter "w" for write. Then use resize_reiserfs -s +1G /dev/hda1. this this right? |
Sounds right, didn't check the parameters, though. Make sure you don't grow the filesystem beyond the partition size. And don't change the start-cylinder of the partition. Only grow on the lower end.
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It works, it just grew clean with 1Gig.
That cfdisk command-line program is apparently a partition table tweaker. Only good after you reboot. And that resize_reiserfs makes the file system cognizant of the physical change in the disk. This two step approach is something which is transparent with things like Part Magic. All I need now is a way to say "take all that empty space below you and don't bother me with cyl numbers, byte count and sectors." :p PS. You know, that "Delete" button in cfdisk scares the **** out of me. |
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